Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] [noun sg] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His long-sighted eyes reflected gold back to the sunset , and the brightness did not fade as the sun went down . |
| 2 | The response to these lists , however , has been also quite variable ( fig 2 ) , ranging from some districts supplying information on over 80% of the infants listed to one with an 8% response . |
| 3 | For further details phone Sage on . |
| 4 | The most popular items to spend money on were going out ( 52pc girls and 35pc boys ) , clothes ( 49pc and 22pc ) and books or magazines ( 43pc and 30pc ) . |
| 5 | Mechanisms must be set up to ensure that commissioners in both health and social services receive feedback about needs assessment . |
| 6 | Such waves pile water up and initiate longshore currents . |
| 7 | And in any case the main gains to efficiency will come not from privatisation , but from the legal necessity imposed by the EC ( which would have happened anyway ) to invest £25 billion over 10 years to bring water up to drinkable standards . |
| 8 | And in any case the main gains to efficiency will come not from privatisation , but from the legal necessity imposed by the EC ( which would have happened anyway ) to invest £25 billion over 10 years to bring water up to drinkable standards . |
| 9 | Heat resistant paints withstand heat up to 200°C . |
| 10 | Their harassed victims take time off through stress , cutting output and efficiency . |
| 11 | Solid doors give privacy , while glazed versions allow light through , create a decorative screen and still give a feeling of space . |
| 12 | It is possible to purchase gilts on the National Savings Stock Register up to a maximum of £10,000 in any one stock in any one day , and the interest is then received gross . |
| 13 | Is n't it the aim of these measures to slow traffic down ? |
| 14 | These revelations come from talking to Personnel managers who admitted they often have to force over-stressed employees to have time off . |
| 15 | Until after 1900 the Belgian miners took time off at the right season ( if necessary by an annual ‘ potato strike ’ ) to look after their potato patches . |
| 16 | The practical user of solids as load-bearing materials requires information on , for example , displacement , load and time in order to design a useful structure — interpreting the term structure as anything from a bridge to a woven garment . |
| 17 | The emerging competitive weakness of the economy was demonstrated by the fact that while the deflationary measures pushed unemployment up sharply over the winter of 1962–63 , the balance of payments remained in deficit . |
| 18 | It would help , he says , if the United States cut military supplies to those commanders making money out of heroin . |
| 19 | Do Compact employers guarantee time off without loss of pay for trade unionists to work in schools ? |
| 20 | His harsh words jerked Folly out of her fantasy and back to the real world . |
| 21 | The front bezel has the usual illuminated indicators showing Power On , Hard Disk Access and Turbo Speed . |
| 22 | In recent years there have certainly been dramatic moves to open sport up to the forces of the market . |
| 23 | According to Mr Birchall , the answer could be that they are protected by silicon and that the main biological job of silicon is simply to help living things keep aluminium out . |
| 24 | Both main living rooms face south on to the well-tended garden which has two follies one now a stable for daughter Sonia 's horse , Woody . |
| 25 | He led successful campaigns to clear infestation on over forty worlds and was respected and admired by all of his colleagues in the forces . |
| 26 | Most scientists are now persuaded that control of the exotic animals takes precedence over much other work . |
| 27 | HaL Computer Systems Inc , Campbell , California , remains one of the most difficult companies to ferret information out of so we 're grateful for even a glimmer of intelligence . |
| 28 | They would not have felt at ease if the beach had been entirely unpeopled , and indeed it was not , but over here balls would not bounce nor running youngsters kick sand up on to their towels , and there was the shade essential for Jack , which his wife had still to remind him about . |
| 29 | In the days after Pearl Harbor , streams of panic-stricken burghers headed east out of the city towards Sacramento and the safety of the Sierra Nevada , their cars similarly loaded with provender . |
| 30 | ‘ We try to keep our own plants running flat out , at maximum efficiency , and make up changing needs by buying in the varying five or 10 per cent above that from other manufacturers . |